zombies Take a Walking Dead cruise this January… if you dare! Carla Sinclair

History A 1278 court record may hold the first written F-word Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1681, a mystery attacker who vanished instantly terrorized London Ellsworth Toohey

Technology A reader built a breed-aware app for hot-pavement dog safety Ellsworth Toohey

movies Backrooms is a blockbuster Rob Beschizza

podcasts A murderer's daughter listened to a podcast about her dad and got physically sick Mark Frauenfelder

Science Wearable tails help elderly folks keep their balance Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets The Philips 4000 Series Touchscreen Deadbolt is a smarter way to lock up Boing Boing's Shop

epstein Melinda Gates ended marriage with Bill Gates over Epstein allegations Rob Beschizza

Veronika the cow joins exclusive club of tool users Gail Sherman

Games Could The Blood of Dawnwalker be an actual good vampire game? Grant St. Clair

Technology Elon Musk threatens to buy D&D after company removes racist content Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment Walking Dead props sell for $1.96 million at record-breaking auction Ellsworth Toohey

politics JD Vance downplays Young Republican leaders' pro-Hitler, racist, antisemitic comments: "Pearl-clutching" Ellsworth Toohey

Republicans Leaked Young Republicans chat overflows with racist slurs and threats Jason Weisberger

art Plewds and hites: A fake (or fake-ish) nomenclature of comics in The Lexicon of Comicana Ruben Bolling

Games Konami already eyeing future Metal Gear Solid remakes Grant St. Clair

science fiction Dark Horse and Lucasfilm resurrect Hisao Tamaki's Star Wars manga with deluxe Kickstarter editions Gareth Branwyn

Science New species of coral named after Chewbacca Gail Sherman

Funny Please do not whoop at the gibbons, nature's comedic geniuses Jennifer Sandlin